Reversible skirt



R. KAMHl REVERSIBLE SKIRT July 111, 1950 Filed Sept. 21, 1946 INVENTOR.

RAPHAEL KAMHI ATTORNEY Patented July 11,1950 2,515,089

TS TJA-TES EN T FI CE REVERSIBLE SKIRT Raphaei KamhkNorwalk, Conn.

I sApplication September 21, 1946, Serial.-No..fi9S,556

6 Claims. (C1; 2211) '11 2 J-This invention relates .to. a reversible skirt Fig. 5 is a partial horizontal cross-sectional -whichcanrbe'worn. bythe. wearer with either one view taken on,the line 5+5 .of Fig. 2. 7 .-,side out ortheotherside out, the material having v Fig. .6 is, an; enlarged fragmentary view,,in eledifterentpatterns.enthecpposite faces thereof. vation, of the .area of'thej skirt which houses the It is ano'oject ofthepresent invention to pro- 5 zipper. V p wide.asideseam-whicheanextend the full height Fig.1 7 is an enlargedcross sectiona1 view of the of-..the.skirt .andwhich. will appear alike on both Zipper Section. taken along line' 1'! of Big: ,6 and faces regardlessiof-which side is out. looking in the direction of jthearrows'thereofand ..It.isanotherbbject .ofthe invention to. provide having flap portions to cover the zipper irom side seam portionsof such type'thatthey readily 10 1 both sidesofthe skirt.

..1end..themse1ves.to.theconnection of zipper ele- Fig. 8 shows a detail enlarged ,cross sectional ments-a-at Jthe. top by, which the skirt can be .view of a modified placket closure comprising an tightenedaboutthe wearers hip. inner and .an outer slide fastener unit, each com- It -is anotherobiectofthe invention to provide plate in itself.

afiap oneachiside. of thelskirtwhich will extend Referring .now. to. the .figures, [0 represents a over the zipperthatlthe zipper will appear skirt having atop band or belt ii and a bottom neither from one side or the other. 7 edge l2. lhis skirt .can be turned to have either .,-It,.is anotherobject .ofthe invention to provide .a'figure side I3. out as shown in Fig. 1-.0r a plain .imeansinthestrips whereby the zipper portions ,side M .out as shown in Fig. .2. The plain side wi11\be kept aligned eyenfthough they are disconmay have a. braided band 15 near its lower edge.

venacted. The skirt is made from,materia1 having differ- .Accordingto the invention, the material is .ent patterns. onthe opposite faces thereof. It formedin twosections-and sewed together. atthe comprises a main. back strip J6 and afront strip oppositesides .andlthen turned inside out. tolo- H sewed together along. the sides asindicated at ..cate.the overhang edges'ron the inside of the gl8,and'i9.,' 1he sewing is done pyfirst'connectgarment... .Innrder to cover up .these overhang ing the edges together and sewing through the .=edges two cover. strips aresewed to the side oflthe "two strips. and then turning the, garment so that .garmentandconnectedtogether to provide overfrom'htheoutside only "the seamdines, l8 and is hang. edges opposing andaligned withthe overwill appear on one side of the 'skirt. The over- ..hang portions ofthe main parts 'ofthe garment lap edges. 2| are, folded back out of the-way'and vsothattheskirt at' the seam will havethesame are covered by similarly sewed together cover appearancaregardless whi'chside is out. ..At the strips122 and 23 connected to the main strips at .top andone -side ofjthe .skirt. zipper strips are 'some'distancejrom the seam line by stitchings connectedtoseparated portions of the main body 2d and 25. The stitching of thestrips 22 and 23 partsnf the, garment. One of the side strips .on togetherare indicatedat 26 ,and this stitching the sidenf. the. garment having same provides for -wi11- appeal, s a S l "W the sk rt. is a. flap adapted -to. extend over. the zipper parts'." "t ed Wit e n i 121 .SaJ the-firearm .Onelthe .opposite.s'ide "of the. garment aflap is lines18 and vl9 p t ...fashioned. intoone ofthe main body parts. i e f't h hg the c0Ve1" Forlfurther comprehension .of the. invention, 22 2317116 ra Strip '5 is e the andofthefobjects and. advantages thereof, referlower ed e'of th k F -F a -.i b d W ence .willbe hadtoitbe following descriptionand pr ably-cover the hem line of he i tli accompanying..'drawings, and" to 1: the. appended bottom edge of the skirt. 1 1 -..claims in whichjthe various novel features of 1 the alt p 0f pp t herS invention are'more particularly set forth. and-29* are fashioned-into -theconnected strips l'nztheaaccompanyingidrawings, forming a -"whereby toprovidemeans-iorretaining the skirt ...terial.part-lof-.thisfdisclosurez I over thehip O the fi 1 0W par- .Fig. 1.. is aiperspective Viewbfftheskirt turned l rlyo'Figs. 6 and 7',-it w l b t h t .stosone-side vvhich has a figuredsurface. ppe i l b fl l rstr pxii. and Eig. .2;is.a..perspective view oft-the .skirt turned 'm i kirt Strip 1 as bystitp hgi l which totheother side. I "includes folded in edge 32 .Of thejSt1ip,23 and a ..Fig.is .a transverse -cross-sectionalview. of .facing, strip .33 on'the mainbodygstrip' 11. This the skirt takenialong the line 3?3. ,of Fig. land [.strip 33 is secured totheedge, of themain'body '-"-look-ingin the directionr-of. thaarrowsthereof. [S rip 1, at a point. to the right of the stitching .3l

\ Figuiais an\enlargedadetailed-view.ofa portion as indicated at 34 and ,proyideswithflthe main v a tr v 1.anaemia;.cor ;;ilan; hi ngzipper strips 28 and 29. On the other side of the zipper strips a similar arrangement for providing a cover flap 36 is provided on the side strip 22. A strip or facing 31 is sewed to the inner face of the side strip 22 and the facing and side strip sewed to the main strip N3 of the skirt body as indicated at 38.

In the band ll of the skirt where the flaps of the zipper cross a button 4| of a double head variety is extended through buttonholes 42 upon the upper ends of these flaps. The button will hold the top band or belt together and at the same time keep undue strain from the zipper strips.

Referring to Fig. 6, a U-shaped spring 45 is provided at opposite sides of the zipper strips whereby to retard the downward movement of the zipper as it approaches the lower end of the strips. This U-shaped member is closed at its bottom end and is sewed into and between the main and cover strips of the skirt. The U- shaped member extends upwardly about half the length of the zipper. As the Zipper is pulled down an indication will be made to the wearer that the end of the zipper strips is being approached. This U-shaped member will also serve to keep the zipper straps close together so that the return movement of the zipper element can be easily started and effected inasmuch as the strips are kept in alignment with each other. As the skirt is drawn from the wearer the spring will give sufficiently so as not to hinder or make the removal of the skirt any the less difficult.

Fig. 8 shows a modified construction of the placket closure. To the skirt body section I! a strip 4'! is secured by the stitching 48 and this strip is provided with a slide fastener row which cooperates with the slide fastener row of the strip 49, which is secured by the stitching 52 to the skirt body section IS. The skirt body section I1 is provided with an edge strip 46, and the adjacent engaged edges of this strip and of the section I! are folded inwardly and stitched together.- The slide fasteners 48 and 48' form a completeclosure for the adjacent edges of the body sections and I1, and the edge of the outer body section I! overlaps the adjacent edge of the body section Hi to fully conceal the slide fastener closure.

The covering flap strip 23 is provided with a strip of slide fasteners 53 secured by stitching, and the covering flap 22 is provided with :a strip of cooperating slide fasteners 55 secured by the stitching 56 thereto. An inner facing strip 54 is stitched to the inwardly folded edge portion of the cover flap22, and overlaps the slide fasteners v the main strip material, cover flaps for the zip- ;pers which will cover the same from both sides of the skirt, one flap forone side and the other flap for the other side.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the ri is reserved to all changes'and modifications coming withinthe scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus "described my invention, What I 4 claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A reversible skirt comprising double faced main strips having their adjacent edges turned in and sewed together so'that only seam lines will appear from the outside of the skirt, cover strips within the skirt having their adjacent edges turned out and sewed together and disposed over said turned edges to show. a single seam line on the inside of the skirt, said cover strips being connected to the main strips on opposite sides of their seam lines and removed from the seam lines whereby said skirt whether turned in or out will show a similar seam line, the main strips being separated near the top of the skirt and at one side thereof, the cover strips being similarly separated in the same location of the skirt, and zipper strips respectively connected between the main and cover strips and adapted to be joined with one another, one of said cover strips having a facing thereon and extending laterally over one face of the zipper strips, and portions of one of the main strips having a facing and extending over the other face of the zipper strips, cover strips, facings, main strips, and zipper strips on opposite sides of said zipper strips being sewed together by separate lines of stitching.

2. A reversible skirt comprising double faced main strips having their adjacent edges turned in and sewed together so that only seam lines will appear from theoutside of the skirt, cover strips within the skirt having their adjacent edges turned out andsewed together and disposed over said turned edges to show a single seam line on the inside of the skirt, said cover strips being connected to the main strips on opposite sides of their seam lines and removed from the seam lines, whereby said skirt whether turned in or out will show a similar seam line, the main strips being separated near the top of the skirt and at one side thereof, the cover strips being similarly separated in the same location of the skirt, and zipper strips respectively connected between the main and cover strips and adapted to be joined with one, another, one of said cover strips extending laterally over one face of the zipper strips and portions of one of the main strips extending over the other face of the zipper strips, cover strips, main strips and zipper strips on opposite sides of said zipper strips being sewed together by separate lines of stitching.

3. A reversible skirt comprising double faced main strips having their adjacent edges turned in and sewed together so that'only seam lines will appear from the outside of the skirt, cover strips within the skirt having their adjacent edges turned out .and sewed together and disposed over said turned edges to show a single seam line on the inside of the skirt, said cover strips being connected to'the main strips on opposite sides of their seam lines and removed from the seam lines, whereby said skirt whether turned in or out will show a similar seam line, the main strips being separated near the top of the skirt and at one side thereof, the cover strips being similarly separated in the same location of the skirt, and zipper strips respectively connected between the main and cover strips and adapted to be joined with one another, one of said cover strips extending laterally over one face of the zipper strips, and portions of one of the main strips extending over the other face of the zipper strips, cover strips, main strips and zipper strips on opposite sides of said zipper strips being sewed together by separate lines of stitching, said skirt having a top 5 band or belt with buttonholes in its ends, and a button joining the belt ends together.

4. A reversible skirt comprising double faced main strips having their adjacent edges turned in and sewed together so that only seam lines will appear from the outside of the skirt, cover strips within the skirt having their adjacent edges turned out and sewed together and disposed over said turned edges to show a single seam line on the inside of the skirt, said cover strips being connected to the main strips on opposite sides of their seam lines and removed from the seam lines whereby said skirt whether turned in or out will show a similar seam line, the main strips being separated near the top of the skirt and at one side thereof, the cover strips being similarly separated in the same location of the skirt, and zipper strips respectively connected between the main and cover strips and adapted to be joined with one another, a U-shaped spring member disposed between the main and cover strips and fashioned to surround the lower end of the zipper strip whereby to retain the zipper strip in closed relationship after they have been disengaged by the zipper element and to serve as an indication to the wearer that the end of the zipper action is being approached.

5. A reversible skirt comprising double faced main strips having their adjacent edges turned in and sewed together so that only seam lines will appear from the outside of the skirt, cover strips within the skirt having their adjacent edges turned out and sewed together and disposed over said turned edges to show a single seam line on the inside of the skirt, said cover strips being connected to the main strips on opposite sides of their seam lines and removed from the seam lines, whereby said skirt Whether turned in or out will show a similar seam line, two sets of zippers extending side-by-side at the upper portion of the skirt, one set of zippers being disposed between the main strips and the other set of zippers being disposed between the cover strips.

6. A reversible skirt comprising double faced main strips having their adjacent edges turned in and sewed together so that only seam lines will appear from the outside of the skirt, cover strips within the skirt having their adjacent edges turned out and sewed together and disposed over said turned edges to show a single seam line on the inside of the skirt, said cover strips being connected to the main strips on opposite sides of their seam lines and removed from the seam lines whereby said skirt whethe turned in or out will show a similar seam line, two sets of zippers extending side-by-side at the upper portion of the skirt, one set of zippers being disposed between the main strips and the other set of zippers being disposed between the cover strips, one of said main strips having a facing portion sewed along its edge and folded back and sewed with a zipper strip to the main strip and the main and facing strip adapted to extend over the set of zipper strips connected to the main strip to hide them from view when the skirt is being worn with the main strip seam on the outside, one of said cover strips having a facing strip secured to its edge and folded back to be secured with a zipper strip to the cover strip, said cover strip and facing strip adapted to extend over the set of zippers disposed between the cover strips to hide them from VleW.

RAPHAEL KAMI-II.

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